Usage / Role
14%
Rotational defensive role
lowfeatured
Player Dossier
2021-2022San José State
Marcel Sanders
DL • 6'3" • 230 lbs • Fresno, CA, USA
Ball-hunting defenderSplash play profile
Marcel Sanders shows a ball-hunting defender profile with 9.9 disruption score.
Impact Production
23
Developing production for a defensive lineman
lowelite
Reliability
18
Sporadic game-to-game production
lowhigh
Star Power
40
Limited ceiling signals so far
limitedstar
Career Arc
Value trend by season
Best season by Season Value: 2022 Regular Season · San José State
2122
Snapshot
- Career Teams
- 1
- Unique Seasons
- 2
- Program Path
- San José State
- Peak Game
- Peak game by takeover score: Western Michigan
3★
- Committed To
- San José State
- Commit Date
- Jan 1, 2021
Marcel Sanders, DL. Best season Best season by Season Value: 2022 Regular Season · San José State. Marcel Sanders shows a ball-hunting defender profile with 9.9 disruption score.
Stat Footprint
Career production snapshot
- Tackles
- 13
- TFL
- 1.5
- Passes defended
- 1
Quick Answers
Marcel Sanders quick answers
- Latest team and position
- San José State · DL
- Career Tackles
- 13
- Tracked sample
- 2 unique seasons · 2 entries · 8 games
- Best season
- 2022 Regular Season · San José State
- Top game
- Western Michigan
- Recruit profile
- 3-star · Clovis West · San José State
- High school pipeline
- Clovis West · 20 FBS recruits · 0 drafted players
- Latest roster
- No. 99 · Sophomore
- 2022 Tackles rank
- 13 tackles · DL 509th (top 52%) · Mountain West 208th (top 40%) · National 2,452nd (top 42%)
Season Ledger
Crawlable season-by-season stats
| Season | Team | Games | Tackles | TFL | Sacks | QB Hur | PD | TD | Overall |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2021 Regular Season | San José State | 0 | 0 | - | 0 | - | - | 0 | - |
| 2022 Regular Season | San José State | 8 | 13 | 1.5 | 0 | - | 1 | 0 | 33.4 |
Related Context
Keep exploring Marcel Sanders
Marcel Sanders played DL for San José State. Across 2 tracked seasons, Marcel Sanders recorded 13 tackles. His top tracked season came in 2022 with San José State.
Player insights
Lead takeaway
Best season by value score: 2022 Regular Season
San José State paired 2.5 primary output with 9.9 efficiency.
Supporting note
2022 Regular Season role shape
impact-led usage with 9.9 efficiency.
Supporting note
Career value is trending up
2022 Regular Season improved on the prior stop by season value score.
Supporting note
Peak game by takeover score: Western Michigan
Win with 1.5 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet. It landed in the 100th percentile of the selected season.
Analysis workspace
Season Workbench
Filter the strongest season sample, inspect game-level shape, and then drop into the full log without losing the story of the year.
Season Explorer
Understand the selected season before dropping into the full game log.
2022 Regular Season · San José State
Games
8
Havoc Plays / G
0.3
Efficiency
9.9
Usage
1.8
Consistency
8.3
Best Game by takeover score
Western Michigan
Hover a point or expand a game row to keep the active game context visible here.
Active game
Hover over a point
Hover or select a game to keep its context visible here without the page shifting around.
Game-by-Game Trend
Follow how the selected stat changes from one game to the next. Spikes mark standout outings, while dips show quieter weeks.
Chronological game order.
Game by game trend chart. Auburn: 0. Western Michigan: 1.5. UNLV: 0. Nevada: 1. Colorado State: 0. San Diego State: 0. Utah State: 0. Hawai'i: 0
Volume vs Efficiency
Each dot is a game. Farther right means the player carried more of the workload, and higher means they were more efficient with those chances.
Low volumeHigh quality
High volumeHigh quality
Low volumeLower quality
High volumeLower quality
Volume on the x-axis, quality on the y-axis.
Volume versus efficiency scatter chart. Auburn: 1 by 4.2. Western Michigan: 2 by 23.3. UNLV: 2 by 8.3. Nevada: 1 by 14.2. Colorado State: 1 by 4.2. San Diego State: 1 by 4.2. Utah State: 4 by 16.7. Hawai'i: 1 by 4.2
Split Comparison
Compare how this player performed across different situations. "Games" shows how many matchups are included in each split.
Wins0.5 · Games = 5 · +0.5 vs Losses
Losses0 · Games = 3 · -0.5 vs Wins
Game Log
Dense stat lines with inline explanations and season-linked highlights.
8 games
Featured metric
Havoc Plays
Top game by takeover score
Western Michigan
Best efficiency game
23.3 vs Western Michigan
| Result | |||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sat 11/26 | vs Hawai'i | W 27-14 | 1 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sun 11/20 | @ Utah State | L 31-35 | 4 | 3 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sun 11/13 | @ San Diego State | L 27-43 | 1 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sun 11/6 | vs Colorado State | W 28-16 | 1 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sun 10/30 | vs Nevada | W 35-28 | 1 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 1 | — | — |
| Sat 10/8 | vs UNLV | W 40-7 | 2 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sun 9/25 | vs Western Michigan | W 34-6 | 2 | 1 | — | 1.50 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 9/10 | @ Auburn | L 16-24 | 1 | 1 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
Career Arc
Track team changes, role shifts, and season-to-season movement.
- 1
San José State
2021-2022
Opening stop
Season Value Progression
20212022
| Season | Team | Primary | Efficiency | Usage | Delta |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2021 Regular Season | San José State | 0 | — | — | — |
| 2022 Regular Season | San José State | 2.5 | 9.9 | 1.8 | 2.5 |
Signature Performances
Top Games
#1 Featured game
vs Western Michigan
Week 4 · W 34-6
Win with 1.5 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
1.5
Havoc Plays
59.4 takeover
1.5 disruption/tackle impact with 59.4 takeover score.
#2
vs Nevada
Week 9 · W 35-28 · Conference game
1
Havoc Plays
28.9 takeover
Win with 1 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
1 disruption/tackle impact with 28.9 takeover score.
#3
@ Utah State
Week 12 · L 31-35 · Conference game
0
Havoc Plays
11.4 takeover
Loss with 0 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
0 disruption/tackle impact with 11.4 takeover score.
#4
vs UNLV
Week 6 · W 40-7 · Conference game
0
Havoc Plays
7.8 takeover
Win with 0 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
0 disruption/tackle impact with 7.8 takeover score.
#5
@ Auburn
Week 2 · L 16-24
0
Havoc Plays
4.5 takeover
Loss with 0 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
0 disruption/tackle impact with 4.5 takeover score.
Top Seasons
#1 Season by Season Value
2022 Regular Season · San José State
2.5 primary output · 9.9 efficiency · 1.8 usage
33.4
#2
2021 Regular Season · San José State
—
0 primary · — efficiency · — usage
Milestones
0
Impact games
0
Splash games
0
10+ tackle games
Next best actions
Keep exploring Marcel Sanders
Move from the player story into the game log, career arc, team context, and video shelf.